Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Tom Lamb, Hall of Fame football coach from Natick (Mass.) High School, has returned to coaching as an assistant with English High School in Boston. Boston Globe correspondent Lenny Megliola has the story. Congratulations to Coach Lamb for returning to the gridiron to work with young athletes. Coach Lamb’s interview on the state of high [...]
I was reading a recent Connecticut federal court decision in a case concerning the termination of an assistant football coach from a public high school. The decision itself was not particularly remarkable, but did include a discussion of Connecticut General Statute Section 10-222e, entitled “Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches.” This is a statute with [...]
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) is the governing body for the state’s high school athletic programs. Most do not have occasion to become familiar with the CIAC’s rules. But I recently came across a CIAC eligibility rule that deserves attention, and perhaps should be changed. The rule at issue reads as follows: Student-athlete participation at any state authorized public school [...]
Here are Connecticut Sports Law’s top story lines of 2010, from 2 through 5. Click here to see 6 through 10. 2. Marist University’s lawsuit against James Madison University provides another chapter in the story of virtual free agency in college coaching. A Beacon in Poughkeepsie: Marist Claims Victory Over James Madison in Coaching Contract Suit More on Marist [...]
With 2010 coming to a close, I have compiled a list of the top story lines and accompanying blog posts from the past year. Part I will list story lines 6 through 10; Part II will be posted tomorrow and will include 2 through 5; and the top story line will be posted on Monday, January 3. Thank you for your readership, [...]
